SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 26.91°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 81.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 22.26°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453704.41000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 48
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 29 November 2005
- Last observed
- 30 November 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 W5
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB